Phoenix Suns: NBA Championship Contenders with Strong Roster

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 - Let's get it rolling.

00:03 Who is your NBA champion this year in the association?

00:08 - NBA champion for me,

00:09 which I thought was gonna be the NBA champion last year,

00:11 and that's the Phoenix Suns.

00:12 As we know, Ben, talent wins in the NBA.

00:14 And the reason I'm talking about, you know,

00:16 the Phoenix Suns this year,

00:17 you have another chance, another off season to rest,

00:20 get ready, and also, I thought you improved your team.

00:23 Now, maybe it's addition by subtraction.

00:25 You take a look at the Andre Ayton last year,

00:26 who clearly just didn't fit in with the Suns.

00:28 They were always arguing about, should we bring him back?

00:30 Should we pay him money?

00:31 And actually paid him money.

00:32 They still didn't like the guy and it didn't work out.

00:34 And he found himself traded out of town.

00:36 But if you look at this roster,

00:37 and again, just the starting lineup this year,

00:39 Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, and Durant,

00:41 the top three superstars gonna be in that lineup.

00:43 And Nurkic can fill in where he does,

00:45 play some defense, get some rebounds, push the fast break.

00:47 I think that plays into it.

00:49 But last year for myself,

00:50 where the Phoenix Suns really were at fault is,

00:52 look, they lost to the NBA champions, you know,

00:54 in the playoffs, understandable here.

00:56 But what's the reason why they did that?

00:57 Kevin Durant can't play 48 minutes

00:59 and neither, you know, Booker and Beal.

01:00 You gotta have some sort of adventure.

01:02 You make some trades,

01:03 you pick up guys like Grace and Allen

01:04 that are gonna help you throughout the season.

01:06 The one thing we know about the NFL

01:08 is every single game matters.

01:09 It doesn't in the NBA.

01:11 All you're looking for in the NBA is,

01:13 if I'm in the playoffs as the fifth seed,

01:15 but I'm completely healthy,

01:16 I can make a run and win a championship.

01:18 I'm not grading the Phoenix Suns during the regular season.

01:20 If you can get me to the playoffs healthy with the Suns,

01:23 I truly believe they're going to win an NBA championship.

01:26 I'll take them at a plus 550 price,

01:27 love the moves in the off season,

01:29 and superstars win in the NBA,

01:31 and they got a plenty of them.

01:32 - And DRS probably lost in the Damian Miller deal

01:36 to Milwaukee was the depth that Phoenix acquired

01:40 as the third team in that trade,

01:42 sending DeAndre Ayton up to the Rose City

01:45 and getting some pieces back.

01:47 Because Donnie, you're not wrong.

01:48 When Chris Paul was out and DeAndre Ayton was banged up,

01:51 it was a thought of can Kevin Durant and Devin Booker

01:54 as the two superstars lead this team

01:57 virtually single-handedly.

01:59 They almost did.

02:00 If you remember the totals,

02:01 it was like Phoenix scored 114 points.

02:03 Kevin Durant and Devin Booker had 82 of the 114.

02:08 Now you add in Bradley Beal,

02:10 you have some depth outside of that.

02:12 Phoenix has constructed a solid roster.

02:14 And let's not forget, it's not Monte Williams

02:17 now in the desert, it is Frank Vogel,

02:20 the new head coach of this Suns organization.

02:23 Donnie, let's look at the odds

02:24 before I give you my championship pick,

02:27 because I do think it is worth making a point here.

02:30 We have two similar prices from the East

02:33 and two similar prices from the West.

02:35 Both the Celtics and the Bucs,

02:37 co-favorites to win the Eastern Conference,

02:39 also have the same exact number to win the NBA title,

02:42 plus 380.

02:43 Denver and Phoenix, co-favorites to win the West,

02:46 the exact same number to win the NBA championship

02:49 from that conference, plus 550.

02:51 Before we drop off to the Lakers at 13 to one,

02:55 seven and a half dollars of movement

02:57 from the price on the Nugs and the Suns to LA.

03:00 And Donnie, we've seen the super team era

03:03 in the association, right?

03:04 We saw 2015 through 2018,

03:06 the same four year span of the NBA championship matchup,

03:11 the Warriors out of the West,

03:14 the Cleveland Cavaliers out of the East.

03:16 It looks as though we already know the crop of four

03:20 that will play two of them in an NBA finals.

03:24 And although they are the shortest prices,

03:26 I do think, Donnie, there is value

03:28 based on what the odds are telling us.

03:30 So you go with the Suns at plus 550 to win the NBA title.

03:34 I go with the Milwaukee Bucs.

03:36 I think adding Damian Lillard is going to be crucial

03:39 for Milwaukee, of course.

03:41 That goes without saying that adding one of the best players

03:44 in the NBA in the last two decades

03:46 to a roster that already features

03:48 one of the best players in the NBA

03:50 in the last two decades is going to be important.

03:53 Now, are there going to be questions about defense

03:56 for Milwaukee once we get to the postseason?

03:59 Sure, but I think Damian Lillard, Giannis, Chris Middleton,

04:02 and everybody else in Milwaukee can overcome that.

04:05 A new coach for the Bucs as well,

04:07 no longer Mike Budenholzer, Adrian Griffin,

04:10 a rookie head man in the NBA,

04:12 takes over the reins inside the Pfizer Forum.

04:15 But Donnie, ultimately for me,

04:17 it's a pretty simple equation.

04:18 Dame and Giannis, Milwaukee an NBA championship.

04:21 (upbeat music)

04:24 (bells chiming)

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